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I'm new to Emacs and the version is 24.

As mentioned in the title, I've installed auto-complete by M-x package-install from Marmalade-repo, and the files lies in ~/.emacs.d/elpa/auto-complete-1.4/.

Then I turned Emacs off and opened a new frame, but nothing happens when coding.

Do I need some configuration to make it run?

Grzegorz Rożniecki
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rkk
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    I have the same problem. Apparently auto-complete-mode does not get loaded. I have to enter (require 'auto-complete) in order to turn it on, and if I had this code to my .emacs it does not run. – Pedro Rolo Nov 04 '12 at 13:44

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I had this same issue. I fixed it by appending this to my .emacs

/auto-complete/manual.html#Manual_Installation

(add-to-list 'ac-dictionary-directories "~/.emacs.d/dict")
(require 'auto-complete-config)
(ac-config-default)
AShelly
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elviejo79
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  • or, of course, something like `"~/.emacs.d/elpa/auto-complete-1.4/dict"`. and `(require 'auto-complete-config)` may need to come first. – danneu Mar 21 '13 at 04:59
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    I think the first line (`add-to-list`) is not needed - after installing auto-complete from marmalade, when I check the value of `ac-dictionary-directories` (using `C-h v`) it already has `~/.emacs.d/elpa/auto-complete-1.4/dict` – iainbeeston Apr 11 '13 at 22:45
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I had a similar problem. I tried what was suggested in the docs (and by elviejo), but that didn't work. I then tried to do what Pedro suggested, which did work :-) The code added to my init.el file is:

(require 'auto-complete)
(add-to-list 'ac-dictionary-directories "~/.emacs.d/ac-dict")
(require 'auto-complete-config)
(ac-config-default)
Graham MacDonald
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I installed the Auto-Complete which hosted on the github repo. But the installation should resemble that installed by Package.

It seems that u forgot to turn the auto-complete-mode on. Add follow fragment to your .emacs.d file and have a try.

(ac-config-default)
hbin
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